Armin Laschet lines up to succeed Merkel

Updated April 20 2021 - 9:09pm, first published 9:03pm
Armin Laschet has the best chance of any politician to succeed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Armin Laschet has the best chance of any politician to succeed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.

As the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since January - Germany's biggest party - Armin Laschet always had the strongest claim on paper to be the centre-right bloc's candidate for chancellor in September's elections.

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